The most significant risk in our project right now is the NFC scanning from our phone with the tags on the products. In order to integrate this feature, we need a certain software tool that has an annual subscription fee. The capstone budget does not cover software so we are currently trying to apply for a student waiver or reach out to professors who may have access for us.
In order to resolve this, we are trying to find different methods of implementation that would allow us to work around it or considering a different feature to replace the functionality of it.
No changes were made to our design.
No changes have been made to the schedule as we are currently on track.
In terms of progress, we started integrating the NFC scanner into our hardware by soldering the pins on and connecting it to our esp32. We also got the basic integration down between the hardware and software as our esp32 is able to communicate with the backend API through WiFi. We are also separately working on LED integration to bring surface functionality of both systems together for our demo.